More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 - Softcover

Karen Ansberry; Emily Morgan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933531126 ISBN 13: 9781933531120

Publisher: NSTA, 2007

Synopsis

Teachers raved when NSTA Press published Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, 3-6. They loved its lively mix of kid-magnet books, Standards-based science content, and ready-to-teach lessons that incorporate the BSCS 5E learning cycle. So what could be more perfect? More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, K-4! This volume offers 15 new lessons that combine picture books and inquiry to develop students interest in science and reading. More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, K-4, follows the same winning formula that made the first volume a bestseller. The lessons cover physical science, life science, and Earth and space science. They include reproducible student pages and assessments. They feature embedded reading-comprehension strategies. And they make students yearn to learn from such engaging fiction and nonfiction books as Diary of a Worm; Sunshine on My Shoulders; How Tall, How Short, How Faraway; and Leo Cockroach, Toy Tester. The award-winning authors know from their own classroom experience how important it is for time-starved teachers to integrate science and reading in a natural way ... and how students with reading troubles can benefit from an extra nudge to get engaged in science texts.

About this title

About the Author

Karen Ansberry co-authored More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons to give science teachers the tools they need to help students learn to read and read to learn. She has been a Mason City (Ohio) Schools elementary science curriculum leader since 1998; from 1991 to 1998 she was a classroom teacher and science curriculum coordinator for grades 5 and 6. She has a bachelor s degree in biology from Xavier University and a master s in teaching from Miami University in Ohio. Emily Morgan feels that tapping into students fascination with science will give them the motivation to read about it. Morgan taught middle and elementary school science for 10 years, first at Ohio s Northridge Local Schools and then at Mason City Schools. Currently she is a science consultant for the Hamilton County Educational Service Center in Cincinnati. She earned her bachelor s degree in education from Wright State University and master s in education from the University of Dayton.

Review

...A model of accurate scientific content and sound teaching strategies, More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons is a unique and confidently recommended addition to any private or public school K-12 curriculum and so user friendly that it would be readily applicable by parents engaged in home schooling children ages 5 through 9. --The Midwest Book Review: Small Press Bookwatch, May 2007

More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 is an amazing resource. This book is aligned to the standards, so no matter what your district's curriculum looks like you should be able to find something to use. This book consists of 15 inquiry-based science lessons that are enhanced by quality children's literature. The lesson plans are written using the 5E instructional model. With the time restraints all teachers face it is more important than ever to integrate as much as we can. --Reviewed by: Julie F on June 23, 2009

More Picture Perfect Science Lessons by Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan More Picture Perfect Science Lessons is a great tool for every teacher of students in grades K-4. Whether a teacher is looking for supplemental materials for an existing curriculum, or lacks the time and resources to teach regular science lessons, this book is a great resource. Each unit is overflowing with children's literature, teacher resources, and engaging activities. Teachers will find new and inventive ways to teach higher level thinking skills, reading comprehension, writing skills, and important science concepts using the 5E inquiry model. Ansberry and Morgan have created a useful and teacher-friendly science text. --Reviewed by: Mariah on May 5, 2008

More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 is an amazing resource. This book is aligned to the standards, so no matter what your district's curriculum looks like you should be able to find something to use. This book consists of 15 inquiry-based science lessons that are enhanced by quality children's literature. The lesson plans are written using the 5E instructional model. With the time restraints all teachers face it is more important than ever to integrate as much as we can. --Reviewed by: Julie F on June 23, 2009

More Picture Perfect Science Lessons by Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan More Picture Perfect Science Lessons is a great tool for every teacher of students in grades K-4. Whether a teacher is looking for supplemental materials for an existing curriculum, or lacks the time and resources to teach regular science lessons, this book is a great resource. Each unit is overflowing with children's literature, teacher resources, and engaging activities. Teachers will find new and inventive ways to teach higher level thinking skills, reading comprehension, writing skills, and important science concepts using the 5E inquiry model. Ansberry and Morgan have created a useful and teacher-friendly science text. --Reviewed by: Mariah on May 5, 2008

Edition details

• Publisher: NSTA
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1933531126
• ISBN 13: 9781933531120
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238